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Harry Lempriere Pringle.
Born Hobart, 1868.
Died London 1914.
Australian bass.
Lempriere Pringle had a notable international singing career, appearing both at Covent Garden and the New York Met.
He studied in Hobart, then in Frankfurt under Julius Stockhausen, teacher of Amy Sherwin. He spent several years developing his career with the Carl Rosa company, and from 1897 he worked at Covent Garden, appearing in Le Nozze di Figaro, Fidelio, and Lucia di Lammermoor, as well as several Wagner roles. He also toured to the USA with Albani and Patti, appearing at the Met. He returned to work for several seasons in Australia from 1900, making recordings and appearing in an early film, The Lure of London. In 1910 he appeared in the first London run of Oscar Straus's operetta The Chocolate Soldier, based on Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Source: Jeff Brownrigg in The Companion to Tasmanian History.
Roles in Scotland
- Hortensio steward to the Marquise (Bruno)
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Daughter of the Regiment 1891
Daughter of the Regiment 1892
- Watchman
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Huguenots 1891
- Duke of Verona
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Romeo and Juliet 1891
- Zuniga a lieutenant of dragoons
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Carmen 1891
Carmen 1892
Carmen 1893
- Charles II King of Spain
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Maritana 1891
- Lord Elfort attaché at the British Embassy (Prince Grunhoff)
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Black Domino 1891
- Masetto a peasant, engaged to Zerlina
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Don Giovanni 1892
- Zacharias an Anabaptist
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Prophet 1892
- David a rabbi
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Amico Fritz 1892
Amico Fritz 1893
- Marquis de Courcy head of the Opéra
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Postillon de Longjumeau 1892
Postillon de Longjumeau 1893
- King of Egypt
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Aïda 1892
- Montano predecessor of Otello in Cyprus
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Otello 1892
- Fiorenzo a schoolmaster
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Rantzau 1893
- Giorgio Germont Alfredo's father
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Traviata 1893
- Méphistophélès the devil
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Faust 1893
Faust 1895
Faust 1897
- Hermann Landgrave of Thuringia
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Tannhäuser 1893
Tannhäuser 1894
Tannhäuser 1895
Tannhäuser 1896
- Sir John Falstaff a knight
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Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1894
- Beppo a bandit
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Fra Diavolo 1894
- Dancaïre a smuggler
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Carmen 1894
- Brander
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Damnation de Faust 1894
- Claude Frollo Archdeacon of Notre Dame
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Esmeralda 1894
- Paolo Orsini
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Rienzi 1894
- John Dumbie Laird of Dumbiedykes
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Jeanie Deans 1894
Jeanie Deans 1895
- Heinrich Henry the Fowler, King of Germany
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Lohengrin 1895
- Richard Coeur-de-Lion King of England, disguised as the Black Knight
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Ivanhoe 1895
- Callias High Priest of Apollo
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Martyr of Antioch 1898
- Don Federigo de Pardan ranger of Aranjuez Park
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Poet's Dream 1898